The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-09-29

nine railroad grants out Of the whole
number Of such grants pending for
adjustment, three of which have been
reported to the Secretary of the Interior,
and the remainder being prepared for
dismissal. The Land Office adjustments
in these cases show that the st. Joseph
& Denver City Railroad Company have
received q, 276 acres of land in Ne
braska outside of the railroad limits,
and the company would be entitled to
las, $50 acres more than received If
there were lands within the limits sub
| ject to selection. 1t is understood that
nearly all the land has been exhausted
| and therefore, that this grant is prac-
tically closed. In the other eight cases,
adjustments show an aggregate of ,253,-
4S5 acres have been enormously
| of amounts due under the
grants, and the same companies
have fled lists of selections aggregat-
| ing 1 ,644, 1884 acres in addition, making
| a total of 2, 1877 1854 acres received and
claimed in excess of the grants. The
eight roads mentioned are the follow
| ing: Sioux City & st. Paul Railroad
Company OF Iowa, excess patented,
l60, 346, 10 acres; reconveyed to the
United States by the State Of Iowa. q
6Ol ,733 acres; recovered by other COM
panies, 4. 168, 1852 acres; net excess pat
ented, 1Ol, 641 acres. Cedar Rapids &
Missouri River Railroad Company of
Iowa, excess certified, Us, 0lS acres;
awarded to other companies by United
remaining excess, IL, 263 acres; adj
ditional selections pending, 2,61S acres;
total remaining excess and excess Sc
lections, 70, 679 acres. Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis s. Omaha Railroad Com
pany, Wisconsin grant satisfied by pat
emit issued, excess selections pending,
246, O63 acres. Same company, Bayfield,
branch, excess approved 1877 ,102 acres;
additional excess selections, 124, $40
acres. Total excess and excess selec-
ton, 161 ,621. st. Paul, Minneapolis s.
Manitoba Railroad Company, Mime
sofa, main line st. Paul s. Pacific
Railroad Company, excess patented or
certified, 46 ,204 acres; additional excess
selections, 496, 265 acres; total excess
and excess selections, 542, 1863 acres.
Same company, st Vincent extension,
excess patented or certified, ia 1922
acres; additional excess selections
pending, no. 600 acres; total excess and
excess selections, 944, S22 acres. Atchi-
son, Topeka q Santa Fe Railroad Com |
pany, Kansas, excess certified to COM
pany, So, OBI acres. Missouri, Kansas
81 Texas Railroad Company, Kansas, |
excess patented or certified 20 company. |
66O ,bJo acres; patents set aside by the |
Supreme Court of the United States |
for lands in Indian reservations, 367,-
264 acres; remaining excess patented
or certified, 293, 431 acres; additional |
excess selections pending, 5,981 acres;
total excess and excess selections, |
299, $50 acres. Commissioner Sparks |
viii hold the excess selections for re-
jections and cancellations, and recon- |
mends suit in the courts to set aside |
the excess patents and certificates. |
The adjustments of remaining railroad |
and wagon road grants is in progress |
and an Increased Office force to do this |
work will be detailed by the Commits |
sioner.
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.
DR.. Hamilton, Surgeon General of |
the Marine Hospital service, said to- |
night that the arrival of a single ship |
at New York with Asiatic cholera, |
need not give occasion for alarm. In |
his judgment, the health Office of New |
York would be able to handle the cases |
at quarantine without difficulty. The |
sick will, of course, he said, be proper |
ly isolated and be removed to safe |
place, their clothing and baggage |
fumigated and disinfected, the ship |
thoroughly cleansed and her cargo re- |
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